Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.
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- 1.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the planets from the Sun, in order: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune? (a) VEMJSUNM (b) NUSJMEVM (c) MVEMJSUN (d) VMEMJSUN
- 2.🔢 You want to remember the number 322896906. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 322 896 96 (b) 322 889 6906 (c) 328 296 906 (d) 322 896 906
- 3.🔢 You want to remember the number 657182083. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 657 820 83 (b) 657 180 283 (c) 657 182 2083 (d) 657 182 083
- 4.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) white (b) write (c) knock (d) light
- 5.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Nine nines are eighty-one, now this table’s nearly done”? (a) an acronym (b) a first-letter sentence (c) chunking (d) a rhyme
- 6.🧰 To learn a 10-digit phone number, which method suits best? (a) an acronym (b) a mind map (c) a first-letter sentence (d) chunking
- 7.🔤 “ELPA” helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly. What does letter 3 (P) stand for? (a) pupa (b) egg (c) larva (d) adult
- 8.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: fan, owl, whistle? (a) Only Wise Fly (b) Wise Only Fly (c) Fly Only Wise (d) Only Fly Wise
- 9.🎵 Which word rhymes with “clock”? (a) bright (b) knock (c) make (d) lane
- 10.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs ___ Love Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Funny (b) Eat (c) Seven (d) Tea
- 11.🔢 A chunk is easiest to keep when it… (a) means something to you (b) has no pattern (c) changes daily (d) is very long
- 12.📅 The digits 17081976 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 170/819/76 (b) 17/0819/76 (c) 17/08/1976 (d) 1708/19/76
- 13.🔢 Chunking works for… (a) nothing at all (b) numbers and letter lists (c) only pictures (d) only numbers
- 14.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “___ Eight Sing Wins”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Neat (b) Seven (c) Eight (d) Fly
- 15.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the oceans (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the planets
- 16.✏️ What is a first-letter sentence? (a) a very long word (b) initials match the list (c) a rhyme about cats (d) a list of numbers
- 17.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for root, stem, leaf, flower is “Runs ___ Lazy Funny”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jump (b) Crazy (c) Sing (d) Old
- 18.True or false: “Water is H-two-O, the formula to know” — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 19.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north (north, east, south, west)? (a) Wise Seven Eat Nani (b) Eat Seven Wise Nani (c) Eat Nani Seven Wise (d) Nani Eat Seven Wise
- 20.🧰 What is a mnemonic? (a) a long book (b) a type of exam (c) a memory trick (d) a kind of pen
- 21.🎵 Which word does “white” rhyme with? (a) king (b) tree (c) bell (d) night
- 22.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) wake (b) bright (c) well (d) cane
- 23.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 1 (N) stand for? (a) south (b) north (c) west (d) east
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red is “Very Inside Bunny Green Young ___ Red”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Old (b) Tiny (c) Love (d) Dad
- 25.🎵 Which word rhymes with “bell”? (a) knock (b) done (c) plane (d) shell
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) snake (b) lake (c) bake (d) shell
- 27.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: SWG for the colours of the Indian flag? (a) chunking (b) a first-letter sentence (c) an acronym (d) a rhyme
- 28.🎵 A memory rhyme works best when you… (a) change it each day (b) say it aloud often (c) read it once silently (d) never say it
- 29.🔤 “NESW” helps you remember the four directions, clockwise from north. What does letter 3 (S) stand for? (a) south (b) east (c) north (d) west
- 30.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the steps of the water cycle (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection)? (a) Cook Pigs Cats Every (b) Cats Pigs Cook Every (c) Every Cats Pigs Cook (d) Cats Every Pigs Cook
- 31.True or false: VIBGYOR for the colours of the rainbow — that is a first-letter sentence. (a) True (b) False
- 32.📝 A list to learn, in order: igloo, cat, lamp, whistle. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) WLCI (b) CILW (c) ICLW (d) CLWI
- 33.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) fun (b) brain (c) run (d) won
- 34.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the oceans, biggest first, in order: Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic? (a) ASIAP (b) AISAP (c) PAISA (d) APISA
- 35.🔤 “RSLF” helps you remember the parts of a plant, bottom to top. What does letter 3 (L) stand for? (a) stem (b) flower (c) leaf (d) root
- 36.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 37.📝 A list to learn, in order: apple, needle, flute, tiger. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) TFNA (b) NFTA (c) ANFT (d) NAFT
- 38.🔢 You want to remember the number 719604165. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 796 041 65 (b) 719 604 1655 (c) 719 604 165 (d) 719 601 465
- 39.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly (egg, larva, pupa, adult)? (a) Lions Every Play Aunty (b) Every Lions Play Aunty (c) Aunty Play Lions Every (d) Lions Play Aunty Every
- 40.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: flute, vase, glass? (a) Grab Very Frogs (b) Frogs Very Grab (c) Very Frogs Grab (d) Very Grab Frogs
Answer key
- MVEMJSUN
- 322 896 906
- 657 182 083
- knock
- a rhyme
- chunking
- pupa
- Fly Only Wise
- knock
- Seven
- means something to you
- 17/08/1976
- numbers and letter lists
- Neat
- the rainbow colours
- initials match the list
- Sing
- True
- Nani Eat Seven Wise
- a memory trick
- night
- well
- north
- Old
- shell
- shell
- an acronym
- say it aloud often
- south
- Every Cats Pigs Cook
- False
- ICLW
- brain
- PAISA
- leaf
- 2
- ANFT
- 719 604 165
- Every Lions Play Aunty
- Frogs Very Grab
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